Re: As requested, a new Little Car engine shot...

[Gwendolyn Ann Smith <gwen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim B <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>, you said...

>A: Gwen, if you want to remove any oil stains from the underhood area, use
>Castrol Super Clean (don't breathe the fumes!) and rinse with water
>afterwards. I even used it to remove some oil or brake fluid on a white
>paint job. (be careful how long you leave it on or it may wash out the
>color) I first used it to remove tobacco stains from the vinyl ceiling of my
>Eagle wagon, then I cleaned a 30 year old mobile home (It looked like it was
>dark oak with brown appliances due to the whole handicapped family being
>smokers and unable/unwilling to clean well. I was shocked to find the
>panelling was actually light cedar and the bathroom fixtures were pink! The
>ceilings were white too!) I ended up inhaling too much of the cleaner fumes
>(due to poor ventillation) and felt like I had pneumonia for a couple weeks
>afterwards.

Oh, by all means -- I swear by that stuff!  In fact, I need to pick up 
another bottle, as I've just about tapped the last one doing the engine.

For point of comparison, here's a shot of the engine around 4 years ago, 
courtesy of archive.org.  Long URL, sorry.

http://web.archive.org/web/20010826070857/gwensmith.com/interests/rambler/i
mages/64_classic_engine.jpg

The lightning really isn't that much different from the shot I posted 
yesterday.  It's just a lot cleaner.  Now if I had a shot from just a bit 
previous to this, then you'd really start to see a change -- that was 
when even the cylinder head was black with grease and mung.

Cheers,
Gwen Smith

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